Chapter 68 Chapter 68 First Day of Opening
Zhao Ruyue thought, it would be nice to have an oven at home.
Unfortunately, home ovens aren’t big enough, and since we sell a lot of stuff, they’re not necessarily much more convenient to use than a small oven.
They couldn't afford a commercial oven unless they used the 100,000 yuan.
But she knew Ning Shaoming didn't want to.
He didn't know how high prices would rise in the future. Like most people today, he thought that the money she saved would be enough for her retirement from today's perspective.
Ning Shaoming is a cook after all, and he quickly came up with solutions to the problems he encountered within the scope of his profession.
"Why don't we try another method and make the steamed buns look like bread?"
"What method?"
"By deep-frying, I can control the temperature and make the steamed buns look like bread."
The hotel where he used to work also sold steamed buns, but people in the south rarely eat those big steamed buns.
The hotel sells small steamed buns with milk flavor and fried steamed buns.
In a plate of steamed buns in the hotel, half are filled with milk-flavored steamed buns and the other half are fried steamed buns. Add some condensed milk and give it a lucky and nice name, "A Plate Full of Gold and Silver".
Although he has never fried big steamed buns, the basics of frying things remain the same. He will try a few tomorrow and get the hang of it.
Ning Shaoming had come up with a solution, and Zhao Ruyue felt relieved: "Then let's take a look tomorrow to see how much oil is used to fry the buns in a day. If the oil is consumed quickly, we can prepare to use the oil for a while. It may not take that long, so we can go to the county town to buy it wholesale."
After finishing the serious business, the two of them lay down, chatted idly, and soon fell asleep in a daze.
The alarm rang the next day, but it only lasted two seconds before Ning Shaoming, who was sleeping outside, turned it off to avoid waking up the child.
The alarm clock shows 4:30 in the morning. Since the two children need to grow, it would be better for them to sleep a little longer.
The two got up and changed their clothes quietly. They walked out of the room and then started talking in a low voice: "We can hardly smell the putty on the wall in our new home now. There is only the smell of wood. It should be fine if we move in early. Otherwise, we will have to get up early every day and it will easily affect the children's sleep."
Ning Shaoming calculated the time: "By May, our house has been out for more than two months. Shouldn't we move in at the beginning of May?"
Zhao Ruyue nodded: "It's Labor Day holiday, let's see if it's busy then. If there are a lot of guests, we can wait until after Labor Day holiday to move."
After they had discussed it, they went about their business.
In the morning, we mainly sell mutton soup rice noodles and mutton soup rice vermicelli, and the soup must be cooked first.
Ning Shaoming was busy in the kitchen, processing mutton, mutton offal, mutton bones, making soup, marinating meat, and soaking dry noodles.
Some mutton and pork offal are difficult to chew, so you have to stew them first and then cut them into small pieces or strips. This way it will be easier to cook or fry them.
After doing all this, he couldn't stop to rest. He had to knead the dough, steam the buns, fry the buns, fry the ham, fry the pork slices, and make mayonnaise.
However, they thought that there wouldn't be many people buying hot dog buns in the morning, so they could take their time to prepare the ingredients needed to make hot dog buns.
Ning Shaoming was busy at the stove while Zhao Ruyue went to wash the vegetables and side dishes.
Wash and drain, cut into strips or sections.
After being cut, they are neatly stacked on a tray and then placed on a shelf next to the kitchen stove.
After doing all this, she went to wipe the tables, arrange the chairs, and put soy sauce, chili sauce, vinegar, paper towels and disposable chopsticks on each table.
Check the change in the drawer under the cash register again and remember the location of each type of money so you can make change faster.
There were few students who came on Sunday morning, and she did not have a number prepared for picking up the meal. She could only write the order on the menu by hand, just like in a food stall.
The two of them divided the work and carried out the preparations before opening in an orderly manner.
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From five to six in the morning, the mutton soup is ready.
At around seven o'clock, the first customer arrived, and the couple remembered that it was the first day of official opening and they had not yet set off any firecrackers.
If someone else were more particular, they might have hired a dragon or lion dance, but they didn't care about that. They just took a string of firecrackers and set them off at the door and that was it.
"Your store is finally open." The first person who came was also someone they were familiar with.
She was the fellow villager who bought a scarf and gloves from Zhao Ruyue before the Spring Festival. This time she came with a girl who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old.
Zhao Ruyue smiled and said, "It took quite some time to build and renovate the house. There's a menu and prices on the sign next to it. Let's take a look at what we want to eat."
The fellow villager didn't know many words, but she could still understand the prices. She looked at them for a few seconds and said, "Your place is still the best. The prices are clearly written on the wall. I don't have to ask all the time. It's embarrassing to have people ask too many questions. Jia Jia, can you help me read the dishes on the wall?"
The little girl, with her schoolbag on her back, stood in front of the sign shyly, looking at it and saying, "Mutton noodles, mutton offal noodles, pork noodles, pork offal noodles, two taels of rice noodles are 60 cents a bowl, three taels of rice noodles are 70 cents a bowl."
"Fried noodles with mutton, fried noodles with mutton offal, fried noodles with pork, fried noodles with pork offal. 2 taels are 80 cents a bowl, 3 taels are 90 cents a bowl, and a bowl of mutton soup is free. Hot dog buns are one dollar each, fried ham sausage is 50 cents each, and mutton offal soup and mutton soup are 60 cents a bowl if you buy them separately."
"Adding vegetables is 20 cents per portion, adding mutton, pork, or mutton or pork offal is 50 cents per portion, and a fried egg is 30 cents per portion. For boiled and fried noodles, there are round noodles, fresh-cut noodles, and rice noodles to choose from. That's all."
The menu seems to have a lot of items, but it is actually categorized into three types: boiled noodles, fried noodles and hot dog buns.
"What is a hot dog bun? It's more expensive than a bowl of noodles."
Zhao Ruyue explained, "It's the kind that foreigners eat on TV, with sausage and vegetables in the bread. Ours also has meat, so it's a bit more expensive."
The fellow villager turned around and asked his daughter: "Daughter, do you want to eat it? If you want to eat it, I'll buy you one. What foreigners eat may not suit my taste. I still like rice noodles."
Her daughter had never eaten it either, so she nodded and whispered, "I want to."
Zhao Ruyue nodded, then wrote on the menu she had made: 'C①'.
The fellow villager asked Zhao Ruyue again: "Sister, is that fried noodle delicious?"
Zhao Ruyue took out a plate, which was filled with fried noodles that had been prepared long ago for the guests to taste.
There were some fried round vermicelli, fresh-cut vermicelli, and rice noodles on the plate: "I'll give you some to try. If you think it's delicious, you can buy more."
The fellow villager waved his hands and said, "How can this be so embarrassing?"
Zhao Ruyue smiled and said, "Don't feel embarrassed. There is no shop selling fried noodles in town. We were afraid that people wouldn't know the taste and it would affect business, so we prepared some in advance for free for people to try."
After she said that, the fellow villager took the plate, picked up a pair of disposable chopsticks, and shared a taste with her daughter.
After tasting it, he gave Zhao Ruyue a thumbs up and said, "It's delicious. It's really delicious. I want this fried rice noodles and two taels of mutton fried rice noodles. Do you want some, girl?"
Her daughter wanted it very much, but was afraid she wouldn’t be able to finish it: “I need all the hot dog buns, what should I do if I can’t finish it?”
The fellow villager said, "What's the big deal? This fried rice noodle doesn't have any soup. If you can't finish it, you can take it to school and eat it later. Madam boss, can you take it to school?"
Zhao Ruyue nodded: "Sure, we have take-out boxes. If you don't mind, the soup can also be taken away, but the soup is only in plastic bags."
"That's fine, we don't mind."
The fellow villager's daughter ordered a 200-ounce serving of fried rice noodles with pork, and her face was obviously happier.
"Do you want your daughter's share now?" Zhao Ruyue asked her.
Zhao Ruyue remembered that middle school students usually go back to school in the afternoon. It was still early. If she went too early, the school might not be open yet. She said to her fellow villager, "Why don't you ask her to pack it up later? Otherwise, the fried rice noodles will clump if left for too long, and they won't taste so good then."
The fellow villager said, "Then I'll give you the money in advance and let my daughter pick it up in the afternoon, is that ok?"
"Okay, I'll reserve one for her." Zhao Ruyue lowered her head and continued to write on the menu: A①, B①. These represent the numbers of the dishes for easy writing.
There is also a comparison table in the kitchen, so Ning Shaoming can refer to it when he has not yet memorized which numbers represent what.
"One hot dog bun, one lamb fried noodles, one pork fried noodles, anything else?"
The fellow villager shook his head and said, "No, that's all." When you buy fried rice noodles, you also get mutton soup. There are dry and liquid soup, meat and vegetables, so you don't need anything.
"Okay, a total of two dollars and two cents." Zhao Ruyue took the money, tore off the receipt, turned around and poked into a board with nails.
The board was placed in a corner of the food pickup window. There was only a wall between the kitchen and the cashier counter, and the food pickup window was on this wall.
People in the kitchen can hear what is said outside, which makes it convenient for them to greet customers when no one is at the cash register.
When there is someone at the cashier counter, the chef doesn't need to move around. He can just turn around and see the contents on the board, and then cook according to the order.
The hot dog bun is the first one to be made. All the ingredients are prepared in advance and can be assembled directly.
After the fellow villager's daughter got it, she looked at the hot dog bun that was bigger than her palm and was full of food. For a moment, she really didn't know how to eat it.
The fellow villager took a look and nodded with satisfaction: "I said that this shop does business honestly. They give so many things. One dollar is really a good deal. The ham sausage in it was sold at the People's Square when your aunt got married last time and held a banquet at a restaurant in the county. Your father and I went to the county to attend the banquet.
Wow, just this one sausage, and you dare to sell it for only 80 cents!
Our town is still the best, things are cheap, one dollar for such a big loaf of bread, and there are vegetables, meat and sausages, it’s really worth it! ”
Her daughter broke off half of it and gave it to her: "Mom, you try it too. I have a small appetite and can't eat the whole thing."
The fellow villager couldn't refuse and had to take it and eat it.
She took a bite and actually tasted the fried egg!
The fellow thought the cook had put too much in the food, so he turned to Zhao Ruyue and asked, "Madam boss, didn't you say there were only fried ham, lettuce and pork in there? Why is there a fried egg? Did you put it in the wrong place? I'll give you an extra 30 cents for each fried egg."
Zhao Ruyue was taking orders for other customers. When she heard her words, she looked up and said in a voice that could be heard outside the store, "No need to make up for it. Today is the first day of the official opening. Every order will come with a fried egg. It will also be included in the fried rice noodles you order later."
Most of those fried eggs were made from the egg whites left over from Ning Shaoming's mayonnaise, with a few whole eggs added to the mix and then made into fried eggs.
This fried egg is incomplete, and they felt guilty selling it as a whole egg, so they just gave it away as a opening benefit.
With the remaining egg whites, when they buy an egg beater, they can try making cakes, or think of something else they can use them for.
Let’s give some benefits to our customers during this period.
As soon as Zhao Ruyue finished speaking, her fellow villager's fried rice noodles were ready.
She went to the food counter and took it out, and sure enough, there was a fried egg.
So she ordered another hot dog bun and a portion of fried rice noodles, saying she would take them back home for her children and her husband to try.
Customers who are in the process of ordering or have already ordered and are sitting at their seats waiting to eat are happy to know that fried eggs will be delivered.
Some people who originally wanted to go to other stores to pack some buns and steamed buns to take home for their families changed their minds and decided to pack them up at Zhao Ruyue's house instead.
The person who was originally standing at the door hesitating whether to come in also came in when he heard the fried eggs being delivered.
Suddenly, the store, which originally seemed a little empty, became lively.
The gathering of people makes the store more popular.
When people passing by see so many people eating in this restaurant, they will most likely think that the food in this restaurant must be good, and will be more likely to be attracted to come in.
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